Under your definition, the gov’t doesn’t have the moral right to stop someone from murdering you. Two can play that game. This is not an issue of all things are federal or nothing is federal. There are some unalienable rights given to us by God which no gov’t has the right to take away. One is the right-to-life for the innocent. Gov’t has a duty to protect that God given right.
Huh?? What definition? If somebody murders you, generally, is it a state offense or a federal offense?